There are only two short days until
the Griffs Baseball team takes the field for our opening weekend in Cary, North
Carolina. This squad has been in the making since last August and it will be
exciting for players, coaches, and fans to see the team finally come together on
the diamond. The 2012 Griffs are distinguished by the influx of 17 new players.
Although some real characters graduated last year, ones that are thoroughly
missed, the addition of new faces has created a different feel and a new
identity for the team. Some of the hitters this year like to refer to
themselves as “big dogs.” I am not sure how this trend started but it has taken
off and even made its way into the team huddle at the conclusion of each
practice.

Another event that the players (and
more so the coaching staff) are looking forward to is the live debut of Canadian
singing sensation and Griffs’ infielder Jose Torralba. Jose has agreed to
entertain the team with his musical talents and hopefully reduce the inevitable
boredom of a 13-hour bus trip. All I have to say is that with his impressive
internet success and one video attracting over 97, 000 views on youtube.com,
Jose better live up to the hype.

Griffs Baseball has very high
expectations on the field this year. But, we are not going to talk about that
here. Our goal is not to offer you boring retrospectives on our games but is to
illuminate the antics, personalities, and off-field adventures that accompany
this team. It is pretty clear that our primary goal this season is to compete
and win baseball games. We have in no way diminished the expectations that we
have set for ourselves as players and as a team. We simply intend to provide a
behind the scenes look at what the team is up to when we are outside of the
white lines. This season should be an exciting one for the Griffs and we look
forward to updating you in our future posts.

Destroy EVERYONE boys, I'll be following from cyberspace. In the words of Legendary Don Colpoys, this is the best time of your life so far. Take every minute and enjoy it cause soon enough, house payments and jobs take over. I miss it.